Trout on Table: Striking c. 1880s Stereoview, Charles E. Smith Vermont watch holder A wonderful little painted chalkware

A wonderful little painted chalkware horse

shows a date of 1850

This is the second Inuit mask I've found carved of fossilized whale bone

which makes me think perhaps this was made as one piece of a larger sculptural wall installation

"Boy Scout"

Trout on Table: Striking c. 1880s Stereoview, Charles E. Smith Vermont watch holder A wonderful little painted chalkwareThis is the last of a handful of striking (I think) stereoviews I purchased together that came from one collection, and this may be my favorite of all them. Feels to me one part Dutch still life, one part French Surrealist, and one part magic trick waiting to happen. And just a stunning photograph formally, times two, made even better by the orange perimeter of the card. 7" x 3 7 8". Charles E. Smith, Bristol, VT. c. 1880s I believe. Scattered stains